1 John 4

1 Dear friends, many people [who have a false message] are teaching it to people [MTY]. So do not trust every [message that someone claims/says that God’s] Spirit [MTY] [gave to him]. Instead, (test/think carefully about) the teachings that [you hear] in order to know whether they are from God or not.

Milovaní, nepřijímejte lehkověrně všechno, co zní zbožně, ale napřed si ověřte, zda to pochází od Boha; vždyť kolem nás je mnoho falešných učitelů.

2 [I will tell] you how to recognize [teachings that come from] the Spirit of God: Those who affirm/say that Jesus Christ came [from God] to become a human [like us] are [teaching a message] that is from God.

Zkušebním kamenem ať vám je, zda vyznávají, že se v Ježíši Kristu Bůh stal člověkem.

3 But those who do not affirm/say [that about] Jesus are not [teaching a message] from God. [They are teachers who] oppose Christ. You have heard that people like that are coming [to be among us]. Even now they are already here!

Kdo tuto skutečnost odmítá, nemluví v Božím jménu. Je na straně Kristova nepřítele, který už ve světě působí.

4 As for you who are very dear to me, you belong to God, and you have refused [the false messages] that those people [teach], because [God], who enables you [to do what he wants], is (greater/more powerful) than ([Satan/the devil]), who enables (godless people/people who conduct their lives in a way that displeases God) [MTY].

Děti, váš život pramení z Boha, a proto odoláváte vlivu falešných učitelů. Váš zdroj je mocnější než jejich.

5 As for [those who are teaching what is false], they are (godless people/people whose lives are displeasing to God) [MTY]. Because of that, they teach what (godless people/people whose lives are displeasing to God) [MTY] want to hear. That is why the (godless people/people whose lives displease God) [MTY] listen to them.

Oni jsou pravými dětmi své doby, proto říkají, co lidem vyhovuje a co lidé rádi slyší.

6 As for us [(exc)], [because] we belong to God, whoever (knows/has a close relationship with) God listens to us. [But] those who do not belong to God do not listen to us. That is how we can know whether [the things that people are teaching] [MTY] are true or whether they are false, and deceiving [people].

My jsme však děti Boží, a kdo to myslí s Bohem vážně, naslouchá nám. Naše svědectví vám pomůže spolehlivě odlišit pravdu od lži.

7 Dear friends, we must love each other, because God [enables us] to love [each other], and because those who love [their fellow believers] have become God’s children and (know/have a close relationship with) him.

Přátelé, milujme se navzájem, protože láska pochází z Boha. Kdo rozdává lásku, dokazuje, že Boha zná a je jeho dítětem.

8 God’s [nature] is to love [all people]. So those who do not love [their fellow believers] do not (know/have a relationship with) God.

Kdo nemiluje, neví o Bohu nic, protože Bůh je láska.

9 I will tell you how God has shown us [that he] loves us: He sent (his only Son/the only one who was also God) [to live] on the earth to enable us to live [eternally] as a result of [our trusting in what] he [accomplished for us by dying for us].

Jak velice nás miluje, prokázal Bůh tím, že poslal na zem svého jediného Syna, aby se nám stal zdrojem života.

10 [And God] has shown [us what it means to] love [another person]: [It does] not [mean] that we loved God, but [it means] that God loved us and sent (his Son/the one who was also God) to sacrifice [his life] in order that [our sins might be forgiven] {[he might forgive] our sins}.

Na počátku tedy stojí Boží láska a oběť, tam se rodí naše láska k Bohu.

11 Dear friends, since God loves us like that, we certainly ought to love each other!

Jestliže nás Bůh tak miluje, zavazuje to i nás ke vzájemné lásce.

12 No one has ever seen God. [Nevertheless], if we love each other, [it is evident that] God lives within us and that we love others just like he [intends/wants us to do].

Boha sice nevidíme, ale když se navzájem milujeme, působí mezi námi a jeho láska v nás nabývá přesvědčivosti.

13 [I will tell you] how we can be sure that we have a close relationship with God and that God is within us: He has put his Spirit within us.

Jenom Duch svatý nás může ujistit, že máme k Bohu pravý vztah.

14 We [apostles] have seen (God’s Son/the one who is also God), and [we tell people] that the Father sent him to save [the people in] the world [MTY] [from being punished for their sins].

Viděli jsme a dosvědčujeme, že Otec poslal Syna, aby zachránil svět.

15 [So] those who affirm/say that Jesus is the (Son of/one who is also) God, God is within them, and they have a close relationship with God.

Kdo vyznává, že Ježíš je Boží Syn, otevřel se Božímu působení a je s ním zajedno.

16 We have experienced how God loves us and we believe that he loves us. [As a result, we love others. Because] God’s [nature] is to love people, those who continue to love [others] have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them.

Známe Boží lásku a spoléháme na ni. Bůh je láska a ten, kdo miluje, zůstává s Bohem v živém spojení.

17 We [should] love others completely. And if we do that, when the time comes for [him to] judge us, we will be confident [that he will not condemn us] (OR, [that we have a close relationship with him]). [We will be confident of that] because of our [conducting our lives] in this world as Christ did.

Boží láska nám dává jistotu, že se nemusíme bát jeho soudu, protože se snažíme uvádět do života jeho lásku.

18 We will not be afraid [of God] if we [truly] love [him], because those who love [God] completely cannot possibly be afraid [of him]. [We would be] afraid only [if we thought that he would] punish us. So those who are afraid [of God certainly] are not loving [God] completely.

Kde je láska, mizí strach; naše jednání je teprve tehdy ryzí, když nevyplývá ze strachu před trestem, ale z lásky.

19 We love [God and our fellow believers] because God loved us first.

Naše láska pramení z Boží lásky.

20 [So] those who say “I love God” but hate a fellow believer are lying. Those who do not love one of their fellow believers, whom they have seen, certainly cannot be loving God, whom they have not seen.

Kdo staví na odiv svou lásku k Bohu a nenávidí bratra, klame druhé i sebe. Když nemiluje bratra, kterého má před očima, jak může milovat Boha, kterého nevidí?

21 Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers.

Kristus nám řekl jednoznačně: Miluješ-li Boha, miluj bratra.